JAY-Z, Lenny Kravitz - Guns & Roses lyrics

Yeah, it's magic
Huh? Jay-Z and Lenny Kravitz
And it's a Heavy D production, you bastards
Come on hah, hey yo, stop playing man
This is real serious, huh? (It's the Roc)
Yeah (Yo) yo, let's go

Post Positano, Hov' hanging with Bono
U2 can live like Salvatore Ferragamo
And you too can cool out
Poolside at the Delano
If you too flow like you was
Out of your mind yo
'Cause who knew dude that loved
Apple pies from McDonald's
Would soon be the boss of
The Big Apple? Ya know
And who knew dude that played
Ball for the NBA
Would make a mistake on the who
Knew estates? Throw it away
Who knew that would be his last shot
Who drew up that play?
They giveth and they taketh
Life is cruel that way
But even a broken clock is right
At least two times a day
You could have turned guns into
Roses like two times today
Now here's something you gotta say
Two times to Jay i got my shades on
Waiting for the sun to shine my way
Got my boom box, suntan lotion
Waiting for action
They say when you play with skills
Good luck could happen let's go

C'mon (It's the Roc) c'mon (It's the Roc)
C'mon (It's the Roc) c'mon (Let's rock)
C'mon!

Things got too hot so I jumped
Off in this rap shit
You got it criss-crossed
Ain't no turning me backwards
Too many District Attorneys concerned
With the actions
Of one individual, he's criminally attached
I turned in all my rap chips
I'm earning my bachelors
By dating all the models and actresses
I'm learning all the potholes
In every single barrio
Trying not to mess up my axis kid
On the road to the riches through trafficking
Through rapping and whatever's happening
Rocawear, I'm the young black Ralph Lauren
Every time I get out
They pull me right back in
The Michael Corleone of the microphone
The Michelangelo of flow
I paint pictures with poems
I gather no moss like a rolling stone
Case the Grim Reaper visit's my
Home, nigga I'm gone, c'mon

C'mon (It's the Roc) c'mon (It's the Roc)
C'mon (It's the Roc) c'mon (Let's rock)
C'mon!

Life is all about guns and roses
Bittersweet like friends and foes is
Some get left behind, some get chosen
Just like life, guns and roses
Life is all about guns and roses
Bittersweet like friends and foes is
Some get left behind, some get chosen
Just like life, guns and roses

Tote more guns than roses, foes is
Visibly shook of the invisible bully
(Let's go)
Flowers need water to grow, it gotta rain
In order to experience joy, you need pain
Every time a baby is born, somebody's slain
You know the saying
Somebody's loss is another's gain
The sun comes out when the
Water goes down the drain
A rainbow then the clouds come out
We do it again
Everything evens up, you just wait
Even a garbage can gets a steak
You ain't even a garbage can, you have faith
But when it turns your way
Before it turns away
Gotta turn that into something
You gotta learn from Jay
You'll get return on your investment
If attention you pay let's go

C'mon (It's the Roc) c'mon (It's the Roc)
C'mon (It's the Roc) c'mon (Let's rock)
C'mon!

Life is all about guns and roses
Bittersweet like friends and foes is
Some get left behind, some get chosen
Just like life, guns and roses
Life is all about guns and roses
Bittersweet like friends and foes is
Some get left behind, some get chosen
Just like life, guns and roses
Life is all about guns and roses
Bittersweet like friends and foes is
Some get left behind, some get chosen
Just like life, guns and roses (I say yeah)

Life is all about guns and roses